‘The Traitors’ Team Shaking Things Up For Season 2 As Cirie Fields Doubles Down On Winning Strategy – Contenders TV: Docs + Unscripted
deadline.comThe Traitors has been a breakout hit in the unscripted world, with one exec saying that it did for the global formats genre what Top Gun: Maverick did for the summer blockbuster.
For Deadline’s Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted event, host Alan Cumming, contestants Cirie Fields and Kate Chastain and exec producer Toni Ireland talked up the James Bond- and Cruella de Vil-style outfits, Fields’ winning strategy and how the show will change for its second season on Peacock.
Cumming never had hosted a reality series before and said he played it up like a “James Bond villain.” “I loved how fun and inventive I could be with this.
I’m basically playing a character … so it’s subverting the form in a way,” he said. His outfits were notable, particularly the plaid kilts and capes. “Capes are the new black,” he joked. RELATED: Contenders Docs + Unscripted Deadline’s Complete Coverage Below Deck star Chastain also got into costume. “Twelve years of Catholic school uniforms, six years of Below Deck uniform, I was ready to bring my Cruella de Vil out,” she added.
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